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Yahoo News Photo Staff

Chappaquiddick: A tragedy that changed the course of American history

Yahoo News Photo Staff

July 18, 2019 at 9:55 PM

Mary Jo Kopechne

Police work near the car

The curve of Chappaquiddick Road

The car with smashed windshield

The body of Mary Jo Kopechne

Mary Jo Kopechne’s grieving parents

Edward and Joan Kennedy attend Mary Jo Kopechne’s burial

Chappaquiddick Island ferry

Edward Kennedy leaves the Dukes County Courthouse

Edward Kennedy speaks to the nation

Defense lawyers Edward Hanify (R) and Robert Clark Jr.

Sen. Edward Kennedy cruises on the yacht Marlin

Judge James A. Boyle

Aerial view of the Dike Bridge

The house where the party was held

A night time view of Dike Bridge

Parents Joseph and Gwen Kopechne

Dr. Werner Spitz, deputy chief medical examiner

Sen. Edward Kennedy is trailed by reporters

Special press room setup in Edgartown

Sen. Edward and Joan Kennedy arrive at court

Five women that attended the party

Police officers line steps of Dukes County Courthouse

Sen. Edward Kennedy in Washington

Newsmen in Superior Court in Boston

Chappaquiddick Island map

Sen. Edward Kennedy, June 29, 1969

Sen. Edward Kennedy announces his re-election run

In the summer of 1969, Sen. Edward “Ted”. Kennedy left a party on Chappaquiddick island neat Martha's Vineyard, Mass., with Mary Jo Kopechne. Later that night Kennedy's car plunged off the narrow wooden Dike Bridge into a pond. Kennedy was able to escape, but Kopechne drowned. Here’s a look back at that tragic day and its aftermath.

Here’s a look back at that tragic day and its aftermath.

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